Billionaires’ Battle Over a Sculpture Exposes a Mysterious Art Market
Billionaire art collectors rarely air their deals or dirty laundry out in public. But a battle between a pair of boldfaced names over a Giacometti sculpture is...
Browse Tag
Frauds and Swindling
5 Articles
Miami Art Dealer Is Charged With Selling Fraudulent Warhols
A Miami art dealer was indicted on charges that he sold fraudulent Andy Warhols to collectors and provided them with fake invoices and forged authentication...
Art Expert Accused of Duping Prince and Palace of Versailles Stands Trial
Bill Pallot had an unparalleled passion for 18th-century French chairs that he turned into a lucrative career consulting with museums, galleries, collectors...
Art Adviser Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Defrauding Clients
The Manhattan art adviser Lisa Schiff, who admitted to stealing millions of dollars clients gave her to buy art, but which she instead burned through to fund...
Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to Stealing from Her Elite Clientele
A leading art adviser whose clients have included Leonardo DiCaprio, and who was accused by the government of bilking her clients of millions, pleaded guilty...
